Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...

New York State's proposal for a larger traffic signal in a historic section in the Village of the Branch sparked an outcry.

Pope Francis, a reformer who rattled the Catholic Church's conservatives and inspired some progressives, has died.

Rome was famous for rejecting the idea of kingship. For almost 500 years, Rome was a staunch Republic, with rules in place to ...

The largest fine, €7 million, was levied against the Cooperative Culture Society ... ancient Roman arena at €18 for adults. For that price, visitors may spend 20 minutes on the Colosseum’s ...

Their names are Romulus and Remus—in honor of the siblings associated with the mythical founding of ancient Rome—but they ... to the Game of Thrones character Daenerys Targaryen).

The dire wolf is a mainstay of fantasy settings in pop culture but came to prominence in the popular HBO series, based on ...

The landowners of the area where the oldest known longhouse in the Nordic region once stood risk losing fertile soil if ...